Instagram user and fitness influencer Carla Visentin has lost over 100 pounds through targeted exercise and healthy eating plans. She has often shared her weight loss journey with her followers on social media. Most recently, she shared her back and bicep exercises that helped her tone up and lose arm fat.
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In the video, she shares 5 arm exercises she does at the gym to tone them up. In her post, she also made a disclaimer that you can’t instantly target fat loss in a specific area. They must be consistent to see results. Also, while these exercises may have helped her, none of them will make a difference unless you make some healthy changes to your diet.
5 exercises for pulling up your arms
Karla shared the video with the caption: “I lost over 40 kg. Here’s my arm workout routine to tone your arms! I do it twice a week – one day I focus on back and biceps and the other day I focus on chest and triceps.’ She went on to explain that she does 3 sets of each exercise with weights that are challenging enough that she can do 10-12 reps of each workout. 5 arm exercises:
1. Pull up with: The bench press is a bodyweight exercise that helps you work your way to a full pull-up without assistance. The strength training procedure focuses on the muscles of the chest, shoulders, arms, abdomen and back.
2. Barbell bent over rows: This strength training routine targets the back, shoulders, rhomboids, scapular stabilizers, forearms and biceps, the muscles that straighten the spine, and to some extent the hamstrings and glutes.
3. Hammer curls: A relatively simple exercise for beginners, hammer curls target the biceps and other arm muscles.
4. Biceps: Bicep curls are performed with dumbbells. They mainly target the biceps brachii, brachii, and brachialis.
5. Width expansion: The lat pull-up is an exercise you can do with a weight machine to work the muscles on the sides of your chest wall and upper back.
Carla begins the routine by doing warm-up exercises that involve stretching the entire body. The fitness influencer added that she does the same set of exercises for months until she “kind of plateaus.” She makes small adjustments when she changes her routine.
Disclaimer: This article is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Always consult your doctor for any health concerns.
